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.THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JUNE 1,' 1890.
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STATE COUUTS TO DECIDE.
Tlie Leechburg habeas corpus case as de
cided by Judge Acheson yesterday contains
several intimations that the tray of the
original package Tender may not be as
smooth as it was expected to be.
The Judge in refusing to discharge the
Leechburg liquor dealer does not dispute
the application of tbe Supreme Court deci
sion, bnt decides that he will not interfere
with the right of the State Court to hear the
case and recognize the binding force of the
TJ. S. decision. If that recognition should
not be made as it was in Maine, of course,
the United States Courts will be obliged to
hear the case.
But this disposition warns the dealers in
the original package plan that they must
stand trial in the State courts under what
will probably be a strict construction of tbe
ruling by the United States Supreme Court.
"What this may mean Is foreshown by the
claim of the prosecution in the Silverman
case that the beer which he sold was not
shipped directly to him, but was first
shipped to Pittsburg and thence reshipped
to Leechburg. Beyond that there is the
question whether the decision in favorof non
resident agents will be held to extend to resi
dent agents. It would be somewhat unique
it non-residents had rights that are denied
to residents; but it is not more strange than
that foreign brewers, distillers and dealers
have rights that local ones cannot enjoy in
their own State.
It is this division between what is legal
and illegal on purely arbitrary lines with
out reference, reason or morals, that ex
hibits the Supreme Court's decision in its
least satisfactory light A reductio ad ab
surdum necessarily carries the implica
tion of lalse logic, and tbe judicial decisions
as to State and Federal powers which give a
man privileges superior to State law merely
because he is not tbe citizen of the State,
proves that the judicial reasoning is erron
eously adjusted. Congress is evidently
going to correct the error so far as it applies
to tbe liquor traffic; bnt the judicial blunder
will continue to confuse the public and
legal idea until some case arises by which
the Supreme Court can explain how much
of its remarkable ruling was not meant.
At present, however, it is likely to pro
dace a restraining influence on the un
licensed liquor dealers to know that while
the principle of the decision is necessarily
beyond the controversy of the State conrts,
they have got to make their title clear to its
protection before they secure exemption
under it.
NO NEED FOR SHOUTING.
The President of the United States and
the Governor of Ohio were the prominent
pures of the Scotch-Irish Convention yes
terday. Some of the reports indicate a dif
ference of opinion as to the public sentiment
displayed in their reception. One report
represents that attention was so wrapped up
in the President that no one noticed Gov
ernor Campbell's presence until the higher
functionary had Wken his departure; while
another intimated that the public reception
of President Harrison was apathetic to an
extreme degree. Probably both views are
largely tinged by individual opinion. There
was nothing especial in the occasion which
called for wild whoops of delirious joy. The
Scotch-Irish assemblage had seen so much
ot statesmen and public men in its own
membership that it probably had its appe
tite lor greatness sufficiently sated to receive
the executives of both the nation and the
State of Ohio with moderately quiet de
corum. After three days of the convention,
it is natural that tbe enthusiasm should be
like Bottom's roaring "as mild as any
sucking dove."
SIB. DEPEW's PROPOSITION.
Mr. ChaunceyM. Depew, in an interview
published elsewhere, makes a strong argu
ment in lavor of establishing postal savings
banks for tlie especial benefit of the colored
race in the South. The reasons which be
gives for the project is the opportunity and
inducement to be held out to negroes to save
their money, and in the confidence which
they leel in the solvency of the Government,
are cogent and forcible.
Tbe chief objection to the plan is that, to
, a certain extent, it is another form of en
couraging the general idea that the Govern
MlM
ment must exercise a fostering and paternal
care over the industry and wealth of the
people. If that idea is to be given free
play, tbe postal savings bank is one of its
most legitimate and praiseworthy develop
ments. But it can hardly be ignored that
very much better forms tor the savings of
the people might be provided than is offered
by interest on deposits in postal savings
banks at 2 per cent.
This especially suggests itself in view of
Mr. Depew's connection with other financial
interests. Tbe only reason why the great
corporations of the conntry do not afford as
safe investments for the people's money as
any savings bank can is in the prevalence
of financial vices which, nnder tbe theory
of their creation, ought to be prevented by
a vigorous and independent enforcement of
law. The revenues ot the railways are as
certain as the revenues of the Government,
but the practices of stock watering and
manipulation are means of transferring the
investments of the common people to the
pockets of the unscrupulous manipulators.
If Mr. Depew could ensure that tbe man
agement of all corporations should be scru
pulously honest he would establish a much
better investment than postal savings banks
for the earnings of the people. Since he
deems that to be impossible, the postal sav
ings scheme maybe the best that can be
done for the classes that require tuition in
the virtue of frugality.
THE ABOLITION OF DEMAGOGY.
The reported decision of the "Ways and
Means Committee to reject the Farmers'
Alliance Government warehouse bill, is
based on the agreement of the leaders of
both sides "to cast aside all demagogy for
once." This resolution is a first class
one. Abstention from demagogy is al
ways a good thing to resolve upon. If the
leaders ot the parties can impress this
determination upon all the members of
Congress, it will work a great and desirable
change in the character of the bills which
are now encumbering the Government
Printing Office and swelling the waste
paper output of each Congressional session.
The need for inducing an extension of
this laudable resolution is evident from the
fact that sundry of our statesmen are busy'
in introducing measures beside which the
Farmers' Alliance bill rejected by the Ways
and Means Committee assumes the char
acter of a most conservative and well-considered
fiscal measure. The production of
the wildest schemes, under the' idea
that the Government can legislate each
class of people into universal wealth, may
have been as chronic heretofore, as it is at
present; but it has never 'found as many
agents in Congress to help it along, at least
to the extent of getting the bill printed at
the Government's expense. Senator Stan
ford's bill to set the Government printing
presses at work making money to lend
to the farmers at two per cent, while it
must pay 2y to 2)4 per cent on its own loans
has been discounted by Congressman Mc
Clamney's bill, which puts the rate down to
one per cent. It certainly seems that while
the Legislators are about it they might as
well abolish interest altogether.
That is the view taken by the "Wage
Workers' Political Alliance, whose function
in public affairs appears to be to produce
practical demonstrations that there is no
idea so utterly absurd that Senator John
James Ingalls can be induced to stand god
father to its introduction in the Senate. In
its bill to abolish coined money and do
away with interest, heretofore referred to in
these columns, the idea was very clearly ex
pressed that when the process is once
commenced money might as well be made
so cheap and worthless that no one will
pay interest for its use. It has, ho irever,
discounted its former efforts by a bill also
fathered by Senator Ingalls which provides
that any tenant of any property can become
its possessor by drawing his personal warrant
on the United States Treasury for two
hundred times tbe rent paid in the last
month; and the contumacious owner who
declines to acrept that piece of paper, in ex
change for his real estate, is to be im
prisoned for life!
Of course Senator Plumb must make a
Tigorous enort to keep abreabt ot his
collcages, and so be brings in a bill to
establish Edward Bellamy's "grand army of
labor," the principal feature of which is that
every member ot it is to work only four
hours a day, but five days in the week and
thirty-nine weeks in the year. For
this each member is to get $780 per year
from the Government Treasury, which will
necessarily keep the rest of .the country
hustling to pay the money for the grand
army of labor whose distinguishing feature
will be the minimum of labor it performs.
No special attention is given as to what the
labor shall be, further than a provision "that
each county shall have a Government farm,
which would thus be made even more
decidedly an asylum for idlers than the
present poor farms.
It would be interesting to go into the
inquiry what the epidemic is which has
produced this harvest of financial and social
lunacies. The production ot such unique
schemes might be regarded as a stroke of
humor if it were not that the Ameri
can humorist for the present day is totally
unable to rise to such heights of original
and unconventional conception. The har
vest of absurdities can be most adequately
explained on the ground of an acute
complication of the idea that it is the
Government's business to provide for every
one; that legislation consists of a mutual
grab for the special benefit of various classes;
that the way to rectify privileae in favor of
one class is to establishlt for another; and
that Government can establish universal
plenty by act of Congress.
As to the explanation for the readiness of
legislators to cumber Congress with bills
proposing to enact these anomalies it is not
so difficult to make. It can be accounted
for adequately and solely on the hypothesis
of demagogy. Let us hope that the Ways
and Means Committee will be as successful
in abolishing that vice as it was in passing
its tariff bilL
THE FIGHTS AT THE PRIMARIES.
The contesti at 'the primaries yesterday,
viewed as a struggle between the veterans
and the new aspirants for political honors,
resulted in nearlv a drawn game. But as
between the individual candidates there
was nothing doubtful in the results.
The most important fight in its bearing
upon national issues was that between Col
onel Bayne and Mr. Shiras for the Congres
sional nomination on the Northside. The
returns last evening showed a very decisive
victory for Mr. Bayne, who will thus be re
tained in tbe seat which be has held so
long. Mr. Shiras, while be has displayed
the qualities of a good campaigner, will
have to await the future to satisfy his Con
gressional aspirations.
A contest even more hardly 'fought was
that between Senator Butan and Mr. Neeb
for tbe nomination to tbe State Senate in
Allegheny. In this fight the younger Inan
seems to have carried off the victory by a
heavy majority. On this side, of the river
the important nominations were scarcely
contested.
"With the settlement of the local nomina
tions by the conventions this week tbe field
will be cleared for the State conventions to
make up the lines for the political struggle
of the year.
THE CAUf-E OF CALAMITIES.
The West and Southwest are now supply
ing their quota of wholesale disasters. The
loss ol 11 liTes by the Oakland draw-bridge
calamity is accompanied by the .burning of
a big tinder-box hotel near Ft. Worth, Tex.,
in which four lives were lost and a dozen
serious injuries were inflicted.
The reports of each calamity leave little
room for doubt that the loss of life in both
cases is due not only to the immediate cause
of carelessness on the part of employes, but
to the ultimate causes of negligencn'and
stupidityon the part of superiors. There does
not appear to have been any attempt made
to prevent such a disaster as took place at
Oakland. A very slight expense would have
provided a barrier to make it impossible for
a train to run on the bridge with the draw
open. But no such precaution was sought
for by the managers of the road. It does
not appear that even the pitiful device of
bringing trains to a stop before they get the
signal to go on the bridge was in force.
Such an idea as spending time or money for
the protection of the lives of the passengers
was utterly remote from the management
which presided over the Oakland calamity.
As to the Texas hre, the case is even
clearer. It is hard to see for what other
purpose the hotel was built except to pro
vide a big bonfire. It was of that peculiarly
tinder-box construction which catches fire
at 10 o'clock and is burned down at 10:30.
As if the danger from its very nature were
not enough, it was made additionally in
flammable with cotton draperies, live oak
moss and grass; and then a ball was held to
set the thing off. If any unfortunate people
got themselves burned, that was the inevit
able consequence of the order of nature.
Ot course, this sort of manslaughter will
continue as long as the high authorities who
are responsible for such things can keep
them up with impunity. The subordinates
who are immediately the cause of such
calamities are culpable, of course; but if it
is desired to stop the sacrifice of life, the
penalties for manslaughter and criminal
carelessness must be applied higher up.
New Haven is the latest city to show
the most prompt method for dealing with
that class of combinations that make an overt
attempt to satisfy the desire described by
tbe phrase ot wanting tho wbolo world. The
ice dealers of that city got together and con
cluded that $20 per ton was about the right
price for ice. A number ot the New Haven
citizens, who differed with them, formed a con
sumers' ice company, started an artificial
plant and tbe result is that ice can now be bad
in New Haven at $12 per ton. Cities where
there are similar attempts to squeeze the pub
lic can profit by tbe example, and do likewise.
The fire engine test fiasco is now suffi
ciently an event of the past to permit the ad
vocates of each style of engine to resume the
favorite method of demonstrating tbe su
periority of their favorite machines by pump
ing wind.
The indignation with which General
Jubal A. Early repelled a mistaken individual
who addressed him as General Longstreet at
Richmond tbe other day, shows that there
must be two General Earlys. Tbe General
Early who wants "nothing to do with a man
who could mistake me for that d d rascal
James Longstreet" cannot be the samo General
Early who draws a neat salary for acting as
figurehead to the Louisiana lottery.
Count Hbbbert Bismarck's desire to
come to the United States and hunt the buffalo
can be easily tatisfled. He can bunt buffalo
all over the country; but finding one is a very
different thing.
New Tore is properly horrified over the
case ot a Chinese girl who was sold by her hus
band after he lost all his money at gambling.
It is an illustration of heathenish practices
which furnishes a sufficient comment upon tbe
more prevalent custom of Caucasian husbands
and fathers who lose their money at various
sorts of business gambling, and leave their
wives and daughters to the bondage of destitu
tion if not of vice.
The report that some of that Vienna Or
chestra are Hamburgers is presented as a sen
sation; but no one discovered that it made any
marked difference in the music which they
rendered.
Another example of the persistence of
ignorance Is afforded by the New York Press,
which refers to tbe Senate bill on tbe inter
State traffic with liquor as an "amendment to
the inter-State commerce act." When will tbe
esteemed Press find out that the inter-State
commerce act and the subject of tbe original
package decision are wholly separate and dis
tinct matters?
A suit for libel, on the basis of one of
those speak-easy lists, reveals a new and in
teresting method of litigation in connection
with that variable topic -
The proposition of an educational qual
ification for the admission of immigrants to
this country, made by $fr. Raster, of the Chi;
cago Staats Zeilung, is a good one. But the
spectacle of a Chinese examination con
ducted by tbe New York politicians 'who run
the immigrant station would be a sight for
gods and men.
Ben Butler's advice to a young friend,
"never do a mean thing for monoy," Is very
good advice, if'it is a case of Saul also among
the prophets.
The steamer Normannia smashed the
record on her last trip across the Atlantic,
making the voyage in six days, five hours and
1 minute. She also tried to smash an iceberg
on the trip and made a narrow escape from
smashing herself. These quick trips are liable
to develop tbe smashing qualities to an ex
cessive extent.
The President's visit was short but sweet
to the lion-hunters who wanted a shake of the
Presidental hand.
The indictment of the Bepublican Com
mittee on Public Buildings by the Democrats In
the House, because they allow tbe Democrats
only one-third of the "pork" in the public
building barrel, is tbe most pathetic appeal
in favor of dividing fair on the plunder that
has yet been placed on public record.
PBOMIHENT MEN AND "WOMEN.
Up to Thursday last George Kennan had de
livered bis Siberian lecture 182 times.
Queen Victoria will confer the Order of
the Garter upon King Charles, of Roumanla.
General Samuel F. Cart, of Cincinnati,
the horny-banded orator, is a relative of Alice
and Pbcabe Cary.
Father Ignatius, tbe celebrated English
Benedictine, will visit America. He will meet
with a cordial reception.
Mrs. TJ. 8. Grant has sold her house at
West End avenue and Seventy-third street,
New fork, to Frank J. Spragne for $70,000.
Mss. Oscar Wilde is a dress reformer and
believes in tbe divided skirt. What Oscar
now believes in, in tbe matter of dress, nobody
seems to care.
The English Countess ot Carloty, who bad
been living in apparent poverty in Paris, died
recently, and $50,000 was afterward found in
her apartments.
Judge Coolsy, of tbe Inter-State Com
merce Commission, is still In ill health, and will
not be able to participate in the work of tbe
Commission for some time.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Why Ho Bought Oue-Ccnt Stamps A New
Excuse for Every Olna Reminiscences
Drought Up by tbe Blue Danube Two
Points of View An Innocent Subterfuge
An Awkward Mistake.
ALL hired men are ingenious, only some are
more so tban others.
One day last week a gentleman sent Jdhn,
his coachman, milkmaid and bottle-washer, to
the neighboring village for 50 cents' worth of
2-cent stamps. After the usual time say,
three hours had elapsed, John returned from
his tramp of two miles. His face wore a self
satisfied look wben he came into his employer's
presence.,
"Got the stamps, John?"
"Yes, sir," the man replied, handing over a
bunch of 1-cent stamps.
"I said 2-cent stamps, John, and you've got
ones."
"Yes. sir," and the smile widened, "I asked
for 60 cents worth o' stamps, and the postmas
ter, says he, .'one-cent or two-cent?' 'Do
you sell 1-cent stamps?' says f. 'Yes, says he.
Well, says I, If yer can buy stamps for a
cent, what's tbe use of payin two, an' 1 bought
tbe 1-cent stamps, sir."
Of courte John's master was charmed with
his thrift.
uCtamps all sold out I" was the surprising
reply lay request lur stamps evo&eu in
tbePittsDurgpostofficeat7P. M. on Decora
tion Day. It was an accident born of holiday
relaxation. I suppose. Men who carry their
female relatives' letters to town to mail, and
forget to fulfill their commission, may see in
this incident material tor a novel excuse,
"Couldn't get a stamp at the postofflce all
sold, my dear," may now sound plausible.
"These was a good deal of drunkenness to
be seen in the streets on Decoration Day.
Fainting the town red, and giving or acquiring
black eyes is a sorry sort of decoration.
'There's everything in the point of view. For
example here are two sets of reminiscences
suggested by the playing of Strauss' "Blue
Danube" waltz at the concerts last week, in
shape of rondeaux:
HA YE YOU FORGOT ?
Have you forgot that very dance?
Onr first the night we met by chance;
I fresh from college, ma'am, and you
A schoolgirl, very sweet and new.
And eager for your first romance.
Well I remember ev'ry glance
Went through mc like a very lance;
We didn't dance, we simply flew
Have you forgot f
Yonr old dnenna looked askance,
Bnt that ne'er hindered my advance I
1 claimed the waltzes as my due.
Two polkas, and a schottlsche, too
How Strauss did then our souls entrance!
Have you forgot ?
no, no, not i !
No, No, not 1 1 I can't forget;
I tremble at themem'ryyet.
The ballroom floats before nr eyes,
The dancers whirl, the fiddlers rise,
I Bee the faces in onr set.
'Twas in the anteroom we met.
You knew my pretty cousin Pet,
Have I forgotten ? My reply's
No, no, not 1 1
You tore my dress of orange net
O'er costly silk, as black as Jet
Its tatters still I fondly prize.
Can I forget the wondrous size
Of your wild feet ? Not I, you bet,
No, no, not II
an East Ender, whose health has not been as
pool as it might be was ordered by his doc
tor recently to take a pint of beef tea at mid
day. To make this order easier of fulfilment
the doctor suggested that tbe beef tea could
be made at home and tbe patient cnuld take it
down town with him In a bottle. The sugges
tion was adopted and the plan worked
well enough except in one respect. Half the
tlmo the bottle of beef tea went down town
and came backaeain in the evening untouched.
He who should have swallowed It simply for
got all about It in tbe press of business.
All tbe same, with masculine contrariness, he
always called for the beef tea when he de
parted for business. It happened one morning
that bis wife fortrot to have h.u,beef tea, ready
when ho made the usual outcry. There was no
time to make it. She decided to take a des
perate chance. She filled the bottle with hot
water, wrapped it up as usual in a napkin and
handed it to her husband. He received the
warm package without suspicion, put it in his
satchel, and departed.
All that day tbe fair deceiver was in an agony
of apprehension. There was no need for it,
either, for the bottle of hot water came back
untouched, as had the beet tea, and an excel
lent wife bad the satisfaction of knowing that
her innocent trick had succeeded admirably.
She could not keep the secret, though.
The other morning, about 3 o'clock, a gentle
man who lives in Allegheny was wakened
by a loud ringing of the door belL He threw
up the bedroom window and looked out. There
were two men on the stoop, one looking np and
the other leaning against the lintel of the door.
The former said in a hoarse whisper: "Come
down and let Charlie in!"
"But I don't want Charllef" said the man at
tbe window.
'Don't wake the house: come down and let
Charlie in!"
"I don't know Charlie no Charlie lives
here!"
"Don't Charlie live here?"
No: two doors from here," and down went
tbe window with a bang.
If you take a "tired" friend home be sure you
know where he lives. Hepburn Johns.
CTJBBENT TIMELY TOPICS.
How does Speaker Reid expect a quorum
when tho bars are closed in both Houses? Ho will
be sadly disappointed.
ALL the Republican deputies in the New
Jersey State prison have been removed and Dem
ocrats appointed In their places. It Is unneces
sary to state that the new deputies feel as though
they were at home.
The orator will now have a much needed
rest until July 4, when he will be again unearthed
and do the soread-eagle act.
Senator Edmunds has expressed a prefer
ence for Kentucky whisky over the foreign arti
cle. .Evidently tbe Senator's taste has not been
Impaired by old age. He should visit that State
now. Just to see how Kentuckians can enjoy their
favorite drink.
OUT in Leavenworth, Kan,, the people, irre
spective of party ties, will vote for a certain can
didate for Congress, If he pledges himself not to
return to tbe city after his term of office expires.
The man refuses to accept the office.
A Springfield, III., policeman arrested a
boy for disorderly conduct. The boy made a
break for liberty, and while running awav, tbe
policeman shot him through the bead, killing him
Instantly. This is certainly an Improvement over
the New York style of clubbing a man to death.
The New Yonc Evening World says that
'Cleveland welcomed President Ben with such a
roar of cannon that it shook grandfather's hat
down to his ears." The roar of cannon in this
city was only equaled by tbe dead silence that
fell from the lips of those who met him at the
depot.
A Columbus. O., man has 19 rocking chairs
in bis home. He is probably the fellow who
furnished his newly-married wife with a rocking
chair, a looking glass and a washtub and board,
and told her she could either take In washing
or look in the glass and see herself starve to
death.
Milwaukee justices don't believe In losing
time in soldering together two loving hearts.
Here Is the marriage service they have adopted:
"Have him?" "Yes." "Have her?" "Yes."
"Married. Two dollars. Nextl"
"It Is a jewel to be a Republican, a charm to
be a Democrat, and a snap to hold a public of
fice, "said Congressman Mason, of Illinois, be
lore tbe Young Republicans or Providence. No
man can repeat the above with more fervor than
Mr. Mason, as he has filled the three positions to
a nicety during bis brief but brilliant career.
Ii if. Indeed.
From the Richmond Dispatch, j
Richmond and tbe South at large expect
abuse from radical quarters Just now and for
some little time to come. They will not be sur
prised, either. If the article is turned out in
considerable quantities. Nevertheless, we
honor the memory of Lee. The country is a
free land, we believe.
LOST A BABY, FOUND A WOMAN.
) The Strange Meeting af Mother and Dangh-
ter After Years of Separation.
St. Louis, MayjJL Among the crowd at the
Union depot when tbe morning trains came in
was Mrs. Wiiheiminie Freeman, who was
awaiting the arrival from Texas of her little
daughter. She was much excited at the pros
pect, and when at last she recognized her child
she wept for joy as she clasped it in a warm em
brace and covered Its face with kisses.
There is a very pretty story attached to this
little meeting. Mrs. Freeman's husband and a
soldier named Shipley were in tbe army to
gether. They were great friends. After Free
man's death Shipley re-enlisted, and was sta
tioned at St. Louis. He called repeatedly on
Mrs. Freeman, and became attached to her lit
tle 12-year-old daughter, Annie, whom he fre
quently took out for a walk.
Mrs. Freeman fell sick, and while In the hos
pttal Shipley took the little girl out on one oc
casion, as usual, but did not return. Whon tbe
lady returned borne she found that her hus
band's friend and her little child were at Fort
Apache, Arizona. Sbe wroto tbe commanding
officer, to whom Shipley admitted having no
claim on the child, but said he had no means to
send her borne. At last, after seven years' wait
ing Mrs. Freeman applied to Assistant United
States District Attorney Cannon, who interest
ed himself in the matter, with the result that
tbe child was sent home from Fort Bayard.
Tex., where Shipley is now stationed. The lit
tle baby has grown into a strong, healthy young
girl. Sbe did not recognize her mother, but
seemed content to go with her.
FOB TEE PALE SEX
Strawberry cream is used on the face to
bold the powder.
A shadow hat costs from J3 to J5, and $5 to
$30 worth of fresh flowers are required to keep
it trimmed.
TnE new cosmetic for quickly and brilliantly
polishing the finger nails is known in trade as
rose paste.
White iliac, white violet, white hyacinth
and orris are some of the delicious scents that
ultra fashionable coiffeurs sprinkle In the hair
after It is dressed.
Even tennis playinz Is not without its super
stitions, and every girl believes that she will
never become an expert it she should get an
elaborate suit before she learns tbe game.
French modistes advise the use of old skirts
for tbe theater, opera or carriage, as a new one
is ruined by sitting in it. With a fresh bodice
or a new corsage any skirt will pass in a box or
carriage.
A bridal trousseau with all the underwear
made or woven in white silk, unmarred by
trimming, stitching or ribbon rick-rack, is a
costly but a very novel innovation in which
moneyed brides are indulging.
A UNIQUE style of tea cloth Is made of
coarse German linen, almost unbleached in
tinting and stamped with a conventional de
sign, which is outlined in thick white lace cord,
the bell-like flowers being embellished in white
flourishing thread. The effect of tho white
raised work upon a nearly white foundation is
wonderfully chaste and pretty.
Look Out for tbe Locomotive.
From the Alliance (O.) Leader.
When the special drew np to the Alliance de
pot, it was at once surrounded by an eager
crowd. President Harrison appeared on tbe
rear platform of tbe last car, and courteously
recognized the mass of upturned faces, while a
shifting engine approaching to tiansfer the
train to the Cloveland & Pittsburg track was
coming uncomfortably close to some unheed
ing individuals. An excited patriot, with rather
bad taste yelled "Blaine," whereupon the Presi
dent made this memorable address1: "Mr.
Blaine Is not with us. Look for that loco
motive." THE SCOTCH-IRISH.
BT KATE BBOWNLEE SHERWOOD.
From Scot and Celt and Plct and Dane,
And Norman, Jute and Frisian,
Our brave Scotch-Irish come.
With tongues ofsllver, hearts of gold.
And hands to smite when wrongs are bold,
At call of fife and drum.
By king and priest and prelate racked.
By pike and spear and. halberd hacked;
By foes ten thousand flayed;
They flung Drumclog and Bothwell Brig
An answer to the gown and wig,
, And Freedom's ransom paid.
They fell, alas, on mars, and moor;
They6igned their covenants firm and sure
With letters writ with blood.
With sword and Bible on their knee
They taught their sons of liberty,
And felt the foeman's thud.
Upon the sodden heath they lay,
Hard harried like the beasts of prey,
In hunger and in pain;
Their goods and gear were scattered sore;
Tho exile ship its traffic core;
Bat Scotia lived again.
The Cameronlan cry arose
Above the Jeers of friends and foes:
"Scotland, forever freel
No priestly yoke, no tyrant's chain,
'Christ's Crown and Covenant' again
Upon our banners see."
And some set sail across the sea,
To lift the flag ol liberty
At Derry and the Boyne;
The slopes of Ulster and of Down
To people with the bold renown
Of Cleland and Lochgoln.
Heaven speed the Caledonian Scotl
Tlie land Is lean that knows him not.
His banners bright unfurled;
For bark, tbe Bruce and Wallace cryt
"For liberty we dare, or die, "
He echoes through the world.
So Patrick Henry sped the word
That thoughts of Revolution stirred
In forum and In school;
And Carollna's'Irliu Scot
His burning declaration brought
Defying kingly rule.
Heaven speed the Caledonian Scotl
He bears free speech, be bears free thought,
He manumits the soul;
Beneath his feet let error die.
Above his bead God's guidons fly.
The while the seasons roll.
Inscribed on the old Scottish banners.
Canton, o.. May 30, law.
The Scotcli-Irisli Convention.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The Scotch-Irish Convention at Pittsburg Is
an interesting gathering. It brings together
an abundance ot good speakers, who have
plenty of material to excite their eloquence in
tbe deeds of Scotch-Irishmen in this country
and in the sturdy characteristics of the race.
FLOWEBS FOB tttw PBESIDENT.
A Beautiful Tribute Presented Him by the
Citizens' Committee.
Shortly before the preslaental party arrived
at the train which bore it from Pittsburg, yes
terday, three men appeared from John R. A a,
Murdoch's, the florists, carrying a huge floral
piece, that was so big it could hardly be got
through the car door, but was Anally deposited
safely inside. Tbe piece was a huge square of
flowers, about three feet long and two wide.
In this was built a floral copy of the coat of
arms of the city of Pittsburg; the keystone of
Pennsylvania rested on top of this, and tbe na
tional shield, in red. white and blue flowerT
with the initials "U. S. A." topped the whole'
anair.
It was a magnificent piece of flnni w.1, -
Mr. Dell's own design, and the card fasten.!
to it read: "To President Harrison, Hon. John
Wanamaker and Secretary William Wlndoni
with compliments of tbe chairman of the citi
zens committee of Scotch-Irish Congress."
DEATHS OF A DAT.
John McKenna.
Mr. John McKenna, a former resident of Pitts
burg, died In St. Louis Friday aflernodn. Mr.
McKenna left this city some 29 years ago and
made his residence in St. Louis. He was welt
known as a steamboat steward on the lower Mis
sissippi river, and latterly was the prop letor of a
steamboat supply store at St. Louis. He was a
man of unimpeachable character, and had many
friends both In his native and adopted cities. A
sister of the deceased, accompanied by Police
Magistrate McKenna and other friends, leave
this morning to attend tbe funeral services.
Mrs. Fannie Jennlnffs AlePherson.
FnKDEnic Md May 91. Mrs. Fannie Jennings
Mcl'hersou, widow of Colonel John AlePherson,
died last night, aged 91 years. She was born the
night General Washington died. Dnrlng the ad
ministration of President John Quincy Adams,
Mrs. Mcl'hersou was one of the belles or the
White House.
Mylvener Pierce.
Valparaiso, Ind., May 21,-Sylvester Pierce.
ofTasslnong, atredSS years, is dead. He had re
sided In Porter county nearly hal t a century. He
was the father of Senator Pierce, of Dakota.
MURRAY'S MUSINGS.
Rough Sledding; Abend for Mr. Porter's
Census Takers Stories of n Senate Pngo
of Sumner's Time Headquarters for
Since nnd Diamond Celebrities In'
Gothnm.
irKOM A STAIT COnBXSPONDEXT.J
Qn Monday the census taker will begin his
weary rounds. Tbe probability is that
they will make it very weary for him in New
York. The indignation arising from the in
quisitorial questions to be asked and answered
Is growing more widespread here every flay.
The newspapers are flooded with letters and in
quiries and interviews with leading lights of
the legal and medical professions. Local Su
perintendent Murray's call on the police force
has stirred up a hornet's nest which his subse
quent modification d6es not entirely allay. You
may confidently expect some fun before this
thing is over. It will not be much fun for tne
census agent, who is paid Dy tho name, and who,
to make any money ont of it. must take a great
number ot names every day. Necessarily If he
is delayed by weight of popular disapproval, it
win oe a money-losing business for him. The
idea that be is going to arrest anybody was too
ridiculous to require Murray's explanation.
It is somewhat curious to note that tbe Su
perintendent of the Census, Mr. Porter, gives
as one of the reasons why the questions should
be asked that such is tbe custom in Germany,
France and other foreign Governments. It re
minds me that while traveling in Germany and
"France the traveler is subjected to more oner
on questions than any of these. There would
be quite as eood reason to introduce a similar
system in America as is given by Mr. Porter
for the census. On arriving at a bote! in those
countries tbe traveler is required to write bis
name on a slip of paper headed "Police Depart
ment," the place where ho was born, the place
where ho camo from last, the place where he
resides and the place to which he is going.
This latter refers. I may say, only to this world.
Helsreaulred also to slate his business or oc
cupation. If ho has no business or occupation
be is put down as a "gentleman." This slip of
paper is torn from the book, which is some
thing like a checkbook, tbe stub remaining In
the hands of the hotel proprietor and the slip
"'"" police heaaquartcrs. By this system
It will be -cen that tbe Government has'in its
).- jo..." every dav the names and other sta
tistics of every traveler within its territory.
What is done with these as an aggregate I do
not know, bnt I do know that it strikes the
American traveler who is used to running
around the various cities in his own native
land witbont being called on to account to any
body as lone as he behaves himself, as a dis
agreeable Inquisitorial proceeding. It burts
nobody and probably does tbe foreign Govern
ment, a part of whose system it is, Si good deal
of good. Yet I question whether that svstem
would be a popular success in tbe United
States. ,
This census business, in my opinion as well as
in the opinion of a large majority of American
citizens, is being greatly overdone. I warn tbe
census taker who approaches me on the subject
that he will get no information of the kind
whatever. We want no such Federal in
terference with tbe personality of the cit
izen. If tbe Government can't get along
without it we may as well adopt the foreign
system of government entirely. If medical
science can't get along without ltwe had better
let medical science shift for itself, rather than
sacrifice the individual rights of all. Our insti
tutions have for a basis tho greatest good to
the greatest nnmber. With this in view, the
invasion of tbe private concerns of C0.0O0.OU0 of
people for the benefit of a very small class of
professional men is the most wanton violation
of this principle ever perpetrated.
Jhnmr Facin n" n. Paste.
JlTr. "Jimmy" Fagin, otherwise known to the
dramatic profession as Barrlnger, theactor,
used to be a page in the Senate of tbe United
States when Charles Sumner was a member of
that body. Tbe other day to a knot of friends
"Jimmy" was tellingsome of his experiences as
a page. He was known to us as "Jimmy" then.
He was a bright young fellow of IS. with clean
cut features and dark, curly hair. Even now
the boys say that "Jimmy's" hair curls so tizht
he can't keep his mouth shut. He was cer
tainly not trjing to do so on tbe occasion above
mentioned.
"I used to trot around on errands for Charles
Sumner nnd O. P. Morton, who was then in tbe
Senate also. There were big men in the Senate
those days, and tbe boys who served them in
the capacity of pages have gone out into tbe
world, and most of them. I believe, have done
pretty well since. The hoys used to be very
much atraid of Sumner, whose eruff manners
and leonine looks were enough to create an
awful repect for him on tbe part of even older
persons tban we were. I remember going to
him nnce as a page with my album for bis auto
graph. The paces were always on a hunt for
autographs, which they sold to people who
prized such collections. I bad obtained all of
tho autographs in the Senate excepting Sum
ner'", and I dreaded to ask him for his.
"Mustering up courage, however.one day I ap
proached him wben I saw that he was reading
a newspaper and said: 'Mr. Sumner, will you
kindly give me your autograph?' I shall never
forget the look which lie turned upon me as be
thundered out, 'Nor Tbat's all be said, and
that was enough. You remember his deep
bass voice? You could have heard that 'no'
all over tbe Senate and throughout the cloak
rooms. It naturally turned the attention of
both Senate ana galleries to me, the innocent
offender. I must have turned very red. In fact,
I know I did. And I got out of there, too, as
quickly as possible. It was tbe custom among
Senators to be served by some particular boy;
I was not Sumner's boy. Ills hoy was named
Fundy.' The only time I ever spoke to Sumner
after that was when he clapped his hands
for a page, and being in tbe im
mediate vicinity of his seat 1 quickly
answered. He directed me without looking up
to go to tbe Senate Library and get bim certain
law reports the numbers of which he gave me
in bewildering succession. I darted from tbe
chamber, intent on my errand, but before I got
into the corridor knew no more what these
numbers were than before I had received the
order. I scratched my curly bead in vain to
conjure up the missing figures, but It would
not work. To sav that I dreaded to go back to
him is putting it Very mildly. But go back I
was compelled to do. The Massachusetts
statesmau looked at me with a frown and said
in a deep growl in answer to my query for a
repetition of the messase, 'Send roe Fundy!
You bet 1 sent bim Fundy. Fundy was a little
blonde-headed youth, who made a specialty of
Sumner and had a great bead for figures. He
bad no trouble in immediately securing the
volumes.
"We boys were compelled to understand the
idiosyncrasies of every Senator. There was
one little thing you would never suspect was
necessary, and that was to get tbe ink gantre of
every Senator on tbe floor. Ink gange? Why,
I will tell you what it is. Every man wants bis
ink bottle filled just so much. Some require it
almost ud to the top. some half full and some
with a very little ink. These latter were in the
habit of dashing the pen to the bottom of the
bottle. If you tilled such a man's bottle full
the first thing be would do would be to chuck
his pen down to the bottom and ink bis fingers.
Un the other hand, it you put only a little in
tbe bottle of the man who was in the habit
of using a full one he would probably make
20 dips with bis pen without getting: any
ink at all. Now you woula not think
of that, would yon? There was a boy in the
Senate when I was there who understood the
ink gauge of every one of them. It was a curi
osity to see that boy fill the ink bottles every
morning. I don't think he ever made a mis
take." Going Home In the Morning.
f)NE of the most novel sights to a stranger in
New York, and well worth Bitting up till 5
o'clock in the morning to see, is on the elevated
trains going up town about that hour. Let us
take between i and 6 on Sunday morning for in
stance. One can then see an extraordinary col
lection of New York inhabitants. Of course it
is chiefly of the male variety, thongh it is a not
uncommon sight to seVan iccongruons mixture
of the other sex. Tbe latter is composed of
ladies and their escorts returning from balls
and late Saturday night entertainments of a
convivial character, and a few servant girls
hurrying home to anticipate early "mass and a
late breakfast. Of the male portion you will en
counter the hilarious dude and man-about-town.
belated gamblers, newspaper reporters,
policemen, returning trainmen, printers and a
great many other night workers. Some of these
are drunk, some sleepy, and all dead tired. It is
about all a clever guard can do to get them put
off at tbe right stations. In this respect some
times thn cruard is verv oblleinz and sometimes
lets tbe sleepers go to tbe end of the route'and
pay the necessary S cents to return. With
these all-nighters are mixed icemen, milkmen
and other species of industrial humanity,
wise are beginning tne day where the other
fellons leave off. About one-hair of the car is
taken up by the agents of the morning papers
and their huge stacks of Sundaymorning publi
cations. These great bundles very often com
pletely fill up the aisle and are loaded high up
on the seats, while the newsmen are figuring
out the packages to be landed here and there
along the route and for final disposition at the
terminus.
On a single car annears to be nnonch nnwa-
papers to supply all the upper part of New
rl i TetI"ntold by the agents that train'
... ...... , ur,ng additional supplies, more
huge stacks, more newsmen and their accumu
lation of mental pabulum.
tlcsdqnnrters For the "Talent.
JF YOU desire to find some baseball man or
actor in New York without any previous
appointment j ou will go to Nick Engel's. Nick
Engel's is tbe famous beer saloon in the half
basement of a building about six or eight doors
from Broadway on Twenty-seventh street. It
IS a great place for professionals. It i also a
great place lor beer, taurkraut and sausage and
other German accompaniments. It Is a long
room tho full length of the bnlldlng, tbe front
half being occupied by a bar and a single row
of little wooden tables while the latter bait is
devoted to tables alone. On tbe walls are
black-boards on which the scores of ball games
are kept and the ticker at the cigar counter is
always surrounded by a knot of the sporting
elements. Old Nick himself, jolly and rotund,
is a preat natron of the bail field. Back of the
bar, up against tbe mirrors are letters and dis
patches from various parts of tbe country to
baseball celebrities in New York. They are
always sure to reach their destination through
Nick Engel's.
Precisely what connection there Is between
baseball ana tbe dramatic profession I have
never been able to find out. But true it is that
in this resort they come together in great
numbers. After 11 o'clgck at night when tbe
theaters are all closed, one may count from 12
to 25 gentlemen of tbe dramatic profession in
dulging in unlimited beer and unlimited stories
about themselves. During tbe warm days of
summer when the dramatic season is over and
a thousand actors could be collected on Broad
way almost any hour of tbe day, Nick Engel's
place swarms with them. The order ot pre
ponderance is reversed in winter wben the
actors are busy and the baseball men are not.
While this reign of bail and buskin is peculiar
to Engel's, the place is also popular with men
about town, who affect that society and who
love good beer and saurkraut. I have seen on
occasions, well-known club men, millionaires,
gentlemen of the legal and medical professions,
and even tbe proprietors of swell hotels like tbe
Gilflcy and Hoffman, all of whom come to
partake of German hospitality.
Charles t. Murray.
New Yore, May SO.
STATE POLITICAL H0TES.
John K. Mallinee. of Trowville, Is the last
candidate to announce for Assembly m Craw
ford county. He is banking on bis nomination
by a happy speech he made before the County
Committee meeting.
In Venango county George E. Mclntire, W.
A. May, Jared A. Frank and G. B. Tracy are
all anxlons to handle tbe funds of tbe county
on Democratic principles. J. Eakln, of Em
lenton, is out for Assembly.
Owing to rainy weather and bad walking M.
C. Powers, candidate for District Attorney of
Crawford county, has been unable to button
hole all the voters, but nevertheless be wants
them to remember that he is alive and any
vote cast for him will be dnly appreciated.
Mr. Rattioan, of Butler county, dishes up
tbe following in bis paper, the Millerstown
Herald: "The writer has been all through tbe
delegate mill; we have been with the boys in the
rear room of saloons 'electine' delegates; we
have gone with them to tbe polling place'hours
ahead of time and took possession; we have
been in bogus contests; we have held seats In
conventions on home-made credentialses have
seen a good deal of tbe same work done right
here in Butler, and know what we are saying
when we state that the delegate system is cor
rupt to tbe core."
A CASE OF CATALEPSY.
An OU City Girl Who Indulges In Long; aid
UnlooUed-For Slumber.
Oil City, May 8L The young woman in the
employ of Mrs. Herpst who slept all last Sat
urday night and Sunday, fell Into another cata
leptic sleep just after dinner Friday. She was
found in tbe outhouse and brought In and put
to bed- 'The girl bad a fright about three years
ago and once in a while has these spells. Late
last night a reporter called at Mrs. Herpst's.
The yonng woman was lying in bed deep In
sleep and oblivious to noises aronnd her, and
didn't even notice pinches. Her arm was lifted
in a perpendicular position and remained so.
The other arm was lifted and both would re
main upright for a longer time than any
human being in the normal state of health
could hold them.
One of the characteristics of catalepsy is
that tbe muscles are mobile but will hold the
body in any position placed, even that of deli
cate balancing. Catalepsy nsnally attacks the
hysterical and is closely allied to trances, som
nambulism and mesmerism, or magnetism.
One strange thing is that when tbe girl awakes
sbe declares sbe has listened to sweet music
STATE POLITICS.
The Democrats of Union county will hold a
convention on Tuesday, June-10.
Blair county Republicans won't convene
until tbe day before tbe SUte Convention.
The voters have lots of fun in this way from
the candidates.
The York Gazette thinks that Cbanneey F.
Black would make a good compromise candi
date, but tbe majority of voters three years ago
didn't look at It in the same light.
Philadelphia Press: Among both Re
publicans and Democrats the Lieutenant Gov
ernorship is lost sight of in the excitement of
the strugglo over the Governorship. The sec
ond place on the ticket will probably be used
as a sort of consolation prize to salve tbe
wounds of the defeated.
Before tbe Congressional tight Is disposed of
in the Crawford-Erie district some one is going
to get hurt. There is mote real politics at tbe
present tiinein that district tban in any other
three districts in the State, and tbe man who
captures the nomination next week will be
compelled to use a heap of salve to heal all the
little sores tbe canvass has occasioned.
Certainly a Mngnlar Occurrence.
From the New York Sun.
One of the singular occurrences on record is
described by onr esteemed cotempor&ry, the
St. Louts Republic:
A BRUTAL CRIME.
HENRY HALL KILLED WITHOUT CAUSE BY
JACOB HAINLEY, NEAR SIKESTON, HO.,
AND MAKES UOOD HIS ESCAPE.
This is almost as strange in its way as the
story which appeared in a Pennsylvania paper
a good many years ago about a tinsmith who
fell from tbo top of a church tower and was
"fatally nut not seriously Injured."
SOME CHOICE SNAKE ST0BTES.
A Sedalia. Mo., editor was presented with
a snase lately. Wben it arrived it was whole,
butinadayor two it un jointed itself and is now
in three pieces. Tbe moral of this paragraph
is to sbun the first glass.
While two ladies and a gentleman were out
riding at St. Augustine. Fla.. a day or two ago,
a huge blacksnake fell from a limb of an over
hanging tree upon the top of tbe carriage. Tbe
snake crawled down into tbe carriage by the
side of one of the ladies. She screamed and
tbe snake slid down the side of tbe vehicle and
made for the palmetto bushes. Tbe driver
slashed at it with bin whip and secured as a
trophy a piece of tbe snake's tail.
Judge Bailey, of Jackson, Ga., while fish
ing, saw a monster moccasin swimming by.
Tbinkingitwas a sea serpent tbe Judge at
tempted to harpoon bim with his hook. Mak
ing an artistic cast he succeeded in hooking tbe
monster through the body. Then it was "pull
Dick, pull dev " we mean pull snake, pull
Judge. At last the snake maae a dash at the
log upon which the Jndge was standing, when
the legal luminary took to tbe water, yelling
for help. He was at last re scued by his friends
and his snakeship was killed.
D. J. Guyton, living at Cartersville, Ga.,
killed a snake under peculiar circumstances.
His cow had failed to come up at the usual
time and he went out in search for her. After
a lone hunt he found the animal in a field and
when he attempted to drive her homeward she
would not move. Upon closer inspection Mr.
Guyton met with a surprising sight Wrapped
around one of the legs of the cow was a large
snake, tbe bead of which was doing effective
service in drawing lacteal fluid from one of the
teats. It took only a few mlnntes to kill the
snake, which was found to be of the chicken
variety, measuring 6 feet and 8 inches.
Two lads, aged 13 and 14. living near Carroll
ton, O.. were taking a horse to pasture on Mr.
Thomas' farm, and as they were about to se
crete be bridle until their return they discov
ered two large blacksnakes, one of which the
lads succeeded in killing, whilo the other took
refnge in a hollow log. The next day the father
of one of the boys visited tbe place and cutting
into the log discovered and killed the other
snake. Each one of the reptiles measured 6
feet and inside ot the first one killed were
found 11 pheasant eggs. A large number of
blacksnakes have been killed in that vicinity in
the past.
USELESS TALKERS.
The successful barber may climb up the
lather of fame. WashingtoirStar.
The barber is one of the few people who aro
never afraid to die. Boston Bulletin.
The diplomatic barber acts apart when he
goes over the head of a bald customer. Wash
ington Pott
When a barber is on the road he feels quite
at home it he can have a brush with a rival,
raise a dust and cnt out the p for hinv
Tonkert Qautlt.
CUEI0DS CONDEiYSATiOifS. -.
A Paw Paw man, worth $100,000, car
ried water for a circus and thus got inside the
tent tree.
A hearse ran into a street car at Detroit
the other day, the corpse and the passengers
being badly shaken up in the collision.
General "W. "W. Loring, Florida's
favorite warrior, lies burled in St, Augustine
with no headstone to mark his last resting
place.
A Jewish synagogue to be erected in
Baltimore will, it is said, be tbe only specimen
of pure Byzantine architecture in the United
States.
The agricultural college professors have
figured it out that two little sparrows in ten
years will produce an ancestry of 275.716,983,1)98
birds. Well, that isn't more than a bird or two
out o f the way at most.
Electric traction is said to be fairly
booming in London. In a few weeks a line of
omnibuses run by electricity is to be started.
Tbey will be driven by storage batteries, and
will have a seating capacity for 25 passengers.
LadyAnnieBIunt, Lord Byron's grand
daughter, her hnsband and their daughter are
living on the borders of the deseit in Egypt,
about six miles from Cairo. They have adopted
the Arab dress, with tbe nrimitive enstoms ot
that race, and live a life of simplicity.
A quick-firing gun, the invention oi Mr.
Thronsen, was tested recently at Finspong; in
Sweden. The results showed that ten shots
can be fired within 25 seconds, which is 21 shots
a minute. All the shots were true, and bit the
target within a space of nine inches long and
six inches wide.
A Gallitzin, Pa., man recently nought a
pair of mules in Clearfield county, for $140, and
discovered while taking them home that one of
them had a plaster of paris hoof the false work
coming off and sticking in the mua. He re
turned the mules and demanded his money
back, but didn't get It.
Tbe body oi Martin V. Tuck, of East
Winn. Me., was raised at Madagascar Lake on
tbe morning of tbe 22d inst-.by the use of a heavy
charge of dynamite exploded from a rock on
the shore of the lake, about 40 rods distant
from tbe spot where he sank. Tbe body had
been in the water about 23 day3.
Charles G. Barnard, 6 years eld and a
leading business man of Lansing, Mich., was
married to Mrs. Lizzie Jackson, a negress.
Barnard has a respected wife and a large fam
ily, but the Jackson woman was made to be
lieve that Mrs. Barnard was Barnard's sister.
Barnard will be prosecuted for Digamy.
Adrian, Micb., has a young photog
rapher named Charles H. Fairbanks. There
has not been an evening in ten years that he
has not devoted to good, solid study on lan
guages. The result U that this pnotographer
linguist can give you a negative in 20 lan
guages. He speaks seven tongues fluently.
The sarcophagi of the late Emperor
William and bis wife, modeled by tbe sculptor
Encke, are to be sent to Carrara for treatment,
with the figure of tbe angel which is to stand at
its head. German sculptors are vexed that tho
preparatory work is not to be carried out ux
Germany, where it has been proved that it is as
well understood as in Italy.
An insect pest called the "aphis" has
been causing great destruction on the Pacific
coast, but now it is discovered that the Iadybug
(adalia bipunctata) is very busily engaged in
eating up the aphis. The Iadybug is a charm
ing creature, well known to literature and to
folklore, and it it especially pleasant to learn
that it has gone into a useful business.
Mrs. Mary Frohman, of New York,
"put out a big washing" the day her hnsband
died. Afterward she had tbe parlor window
shaaes drawn up, and placed in the window
pictures of herself and husband, draped in red,
white and blue. In tbe basement window were
displayed a pair ot scales and a bologna,
sausage, also draped in red, white and blue.
A correspondent of a Calcutta paper
says that a neem tree was recently the scene of
a curious gathering. It appears that the tree
has a number of white spots on Its trunk and
branches. The people of tbe neighborhood
adorned it with red powder, and offered fruits,
spices and goats, on the supposition that the
goddess of smallpox had taken up her abode
in it.
The Shah's favorite wife is blind. Two
court physicians recommended that sbe be sent
to two famous oculists in Vienna, wbo have
performed on her eyes tbe delicate operation
of iridectomy, receiving from the Shah J3.0CO
for their services. In the meantime the court
physicians who recommended tbe operation
wave been locked up, and if the patient dies
tbey will be put to death.
The lady managers of the "Western Fe
male Seminary, ot Hamilton, Ont., some time
ago forbade the students of Miami University
to visit tbe girls ot the seminary. Tuesday
evening three of the female teachers drove to
Oxford, when their $500 hone and carriage
were taken out into the country and tbe horse
killed. Four Miami University boys have con
fessed to President Warfield that they did the
deed.
Prof. James C. Waite, of Geneva, O.,
who became engaged to six of bis pnpils, mar
ried one of them and then skipped, has been ar
rested at Chippewa Lake, Mich., and is behind
the bars at Geneva. Two weeks ago White
married a pretty widow at Pioneer, but desert
ed her after a week's honeymoon. It is learned
that tbe fellow bas no less than six wives in
different parts of the country, and he's not
very old.
Philip Dieffenwierth was wounded by a
sting ray at Clear Water Harbor. He was on
the bay after fish, and, catch log this one, pulled
it into the boat, and proceeded to cut out tbe
harpoon. While doing so the ray struck him in
the arm and also in ihe foot, the latter being a
most painful wound. For some time his suffer
ing was intense, almostprodncingspasms, until
finally the wound was smoked with burning
wool and sugar, when relief was experienced in
a few minutes.
A peculiar style of advertising, which
still exists in many towns and rural districts, is
the "card of thanks." After a man has passed
through some severe tribulatlon, such as tbe
illness and death of a near relative, he inserts
in the local paper a card. lormany toansjne nis
friends for tbeir kind attentions. The Hous
ton. Tex., Tribune thinks that the business was
rather overdone by a man who caused a card
to be Inserted thanking the undertaker "forthe
pleasant and satisfactory manner" in Which
that functionary burled his wife.
One of nature's strange (reaks may be
seen at the farm of Jones Stanford, four miles
north of Flora, Mo. It is a colt, not unlike
other colts, except a mark In its face. Begin
ning on a line with the lower part of tbe nos
trils and extending to a point just below the
eyes is a perfect outline of a rattlesnake. Its
mouth and eyes are perfectly formed. On its
tail seven rattles and a button may he dis
tinctly seen: and stronger still, tbe outline of
tbe snake is raised, being about as large as a
lead pencil, and not a hair on it.
The famous St. Bernard dogs are very
carefully trained. A traveler who visited some
of the monasteries of the monks of St. Bernard
a few years ago founa the monks teacbingtheir
dogs from the earliest stages of puppyhood.
Not only Is physical and mental training in
cluded in tbe teaching, but spiritual culture Is
by no means neglected. At meal lime the dogs
it In a row. each with a tin dish before bim
containing his repast. Grace is said by one of
the monks; the dogs sit motionless with bowed
heads. Not one stirs until the "amen" is
spoken.
SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY.
Castor I'm saving up enough money to
nay for a suit of clothes.
Pollux Why don't yon order it first? Clothier
and Purntttur.
Miss Summit What do you suppose pos
sessed Mr. Dasnawsy to get such a perfectly hor-
Lrlble suit of clothes?
""Miss Palisade lie ioiu m wc www uy mat no
Tad been reading Ibssn's plays Clothier and
Purnither.
Billings There is only one way to keep
your trousers from bagging, and that is not to
walk so much.
Klngley-Oreat ScottI Don't you know that
I'm the father of twins? Clothier and Purnither.
Now that everyone is wiping his feet on
Mr. Quay we begin to see why he is named Matt.
-Puck.
It is queer. Socrates was accounted wise,
but be never read the Bible, knew nothing of
Kant. Schopenhauer or Comte, and could not for
the life of him have passed an examination on the
subject of American history. Puck,
"Georgel" exclaimed Mrs. Fangle.
Don't bother me," replied Jangle; "I'm read-
lng an absorbing article.'
"What is it about?
-Sponges. ' ' Smith, Bray & Co.' Monthly.
First Private You ought to have been
there! The whole corps was drunkt
Second Private Ah t Then it was esprit ds
corps, so to speak. Smith, Bray & Co.'
Monthly.
USX SOKE WESTERN TRAINS.
"Why is it that ideas are kought
- Bo oft with shut-up peepers?
Because, of course a train of thought
Boas easiest on the sleepers.' i
Smith, Bray A Co.U XmtMy,